Wolf Brother is the first book in the gripping series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. The story takes place 6000 years ago during the New Stone Age, and tells the tale of twelve-year-old Torak, a boy of the Wolf Clan. Torak’s father is killed by a demon-posessed bear and only Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it.
Gottie H. Oppenheimer, a 17-year-old physics prodigy, navigates grief, love and disruptions in the space-time continuum in one very eventful summer. Gottie feels like her world is falling apart. Her beloved grandfather Grey died and Jason – the boy to whom she lost her virginity and heart – is acting all cool and distant. Then the former boy-next-door, and her former best friend, Thomas, arrives for the summer. And she starts slipping into time warps.
Ever thought of ditching the corporate world and devoting your life and career to building an NGO that promotes education throughout the world? You’re not the only one. As our children look to more altruistic careers there’s a good chance that many of them will search for a path just like this and this inspiring book might just show them the way
The adult colouring-in movement is on trend – and this little book is a gem to keep in your handbag for trips, queues, waiting rooms or just some relaxing creative time. French illustrator Farrarons has filled her book with beautiful scenes and intricate designs that prompt you to meditate as you mindfully colour in.
Seventeen year-old Sloane Munster is funny, feisty, and scarred. Starting a new high school after a serious car accident, she meets the gorgeous but distant Luke, who seems repulsed by her. The chemistry between them sparks a growing connection set against a background of guilt, secrets, and mounting tensions at a school where bullying is rife and Sloane is not the most deeply scarred person.
Fans of Brian Selznick – author of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck – will be thrilled with his latest book – The Marvels. In this new adventure the Caldecott Award winner tells the tale of two boys linked through time, as two seemingly unrelated stories – one in words, the other in pictures.
“Most school boys dream of being spies. With Alex, we have a spy who dreams of being a schoolboy,” says Alan Blunt, M16.
The British secret intelligence agency M16 suspect something’s going on at the Point Blanc Academy, an elite prep school for rebels, so they send their best go-to-man, Alex Rider.
The Alex Ryder books are a supremely successful spy series – children age 10 + love the mix of action and adventure, and the devil-may-care charm of a very worldly 15 year-old Alex. Think a young James Bond and you’ve got Alex Ryder.
From the moment James arrives at a new school something crazy happens and he is being chased by other students who want to beat him up. The action continues when he is offered a place on an exclusive airship trip to America. The night before they take off another student shows him a movie clip he has accidentally received which shows someone being killed.
If you have a Minecraft fan in the house this is a great gift compilation of four bestselling handbooks, including the Essential Handbook, Redstone Handbook, Combat Handbook, and Construction Handbook.
Mountaineer and explorer Bear Grylls has more street cred in the field of survival and true grit than most but he’s not the first to undertake death defying challenges. Here he shares some of the most famous tales of survival, from a man who survived a Prisoner of war camp to a Navy Seal who walked through the mountains of Afghanistan and the survivor of a horrific air crash who had to eat his dead companions.
This is a story about Grace who lives in London, England and has to go live with her grumpy grandfather on his farm even though she doesn’t want to go to there. The main reason Grace goes to the farm is because her parents split up and her mother has discovered a lump and has to go to hospital.
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